Teachers go on warning strike; doctors wash cars

Teachers taking part in the protest announced that they will not hold the first two lessons of the day. Teachers are demanding a 20% pay increase as of 2008 and additional retirement benefits. Later today representatives of the teachers' unions are to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Przemysław Gosiewski and with Education Minister Roman Giertych on Wednesday. In related news, the doctors strike continues, with every third hospital taking part in the protest. In order to make their demands clear, 100 doctors from the Specialist Hospital in Tychy went on the streets and washed cars. "Because the hourly pay for washing car windows is zł.16 while a surgeon earns zł.12," they explained. The Prime Minister confirmed his earlier announcement that there will be no increase in wages for the doctors this year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Dziennik, p. 1) A.K.